Leslie S. Lebl
Principal, Lebl Associates

I am the Principal of Lebl Associates, a Fellow at the American Center for Democracy, and an occasional contributor to the City Journal blog. I contribute regularly to the CenterRightSide blog, and less frequently to the blog of Clemens Heni, director of the Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (BICSA).

I'm a strong believer in making foreign policy accessible to the average educated citizen. Most people are busy; they want to be better informed about world affairs but have little time to do the necessary research, given that they receive little news via the mainstream media.

My job is to help fill that gap. I draw on my almost 25 years of experience as a Foreign Service Officer, my scholarly research and analysis, and the insights I gain from talking to American and foreign audiences.

For more detailed analysis, please see articles I have written on issues like combating radical Islam, transatlantic relations after Bush, U.S.-EU relations, including counter-terrorism cooperation, and European defense policy. You'll find the links on the 'Publications' page.

I'm working on a book about radical Islam and the European Union - I hope to complete a draft in the coming months. I'm also writing a monograph about the impact of growing Muslim populations on European security policy for the Institute for Strategic Studies at the Army War College.